Im*mure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immuring.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.] 1. To wall around; to
surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.
2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to
imprison; to incarcerate.
Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls.
Shak.
This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round.
Milton.
Im*mure", n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.
Im*mure"ment (?), n. The act of immuring, or the state of being
immured; imprisonment.
Im*mu"sic*al (?), a. Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.
Im*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. immutabilitas: cf. F. immutabilité.] The
state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Heb. vi. 17.
Im*mu"ta*ble (?), a. [L. immutabilis; pref. im- not + mutabilis
mutable. See Mutable.] Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of
change; unchangeable; unalterable.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong consolation.
Heb. vi. 18.
Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King.
Milton.
-- Im*mu"ta*ble*ness, n. -- Im*mu"ta*bly, adv.
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Im*mu"tate (m*m"tt), a. [L. immutatus, p. p. of immature.] Unchanged.
[Obs.]
Im"mu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. immutatio, from immutare, immutatum, to
change. See Immute.] Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Im*mute" (m*mt"), v. t. [L. immutare, immutatum; perf. im- in + mutare
to change : cf. OF. immuter.] To change or alter. [Obs.] J. Salkeld.
Imp (mp), n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp,
prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. &?; engrafted, innate, fr. &?; to implant;
&?; in + &?; to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st In-, Be.] 1. A shoot; a
scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] Chaucer.